by phillipw | Oct 31, 2019 | PH
Unthinkable in Philosophy (Certainly not Heidegger) Imagine a philosopher who writes In language clearer than the stars above Antarctic wastes, but warmly like the nights Scheherazade told tales in( to make love Last long enough to be true love). Her thought Would...
by phillipw | Oct 31, 2019 | MO
Modern Painting and Poetry True poetry creates emotions. Lack Of feeling means the lines have flunked the test: Some silhouette of poetry that’s black And white but isn’t like the wounded west At moonset, that is what the failure means. An elegance of...
by phillipw | Oct 31, 2019 | DE
A Timely Question “Have you thought about how long you’d like to inhabit your current body?” ~ Jaime Mathis, February 10, 2016 How long should I aspire to stay in this Old revenant–like form? It hasn’t had Rejuvenation vampires, cannot kiss Its way...
by phillipw | Oct 31, 2019 | CO
The Godly Blend “corpses of colors” ~ Jaime Mathis, It Rises and Falls Some colors go to graves when they are dead. Envisage them in mausoleums carved By wraiths. Imagine, was there once a red So violently lovely it was starved To death by...
by phillipw | Oct 31, 2019 | PE
Eau de Lancashire The fragrances the French perfumers fail To use are English woodland scents. Of course Wild garlic isn’t fancied by those frail And dainty Gallic noses. Still the gorse Should suit their sensibilities because Its blossoms smell of coconut, and if...
